EDUCATION

• Villanova University, 1978, JD
• Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1977-78
• University of Delaware, 1975, B.A. English

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• United States District Court for the:
• Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• District of New Jersey
• Southern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the:
• Third Circuit
• Fourth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Robert Welsh has spent almost thirty-one years in the federal criminal justice system, including six years as an Assistant United States Attorney and twenty-three years as a criminal defense lawyer. As a defense lawyer, he has focused on the defense of white collar and economic criminal investigations, including antitrust, trade and embargo regulations, fraud matters, securities cases, criminal tax matters, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases and matters involving the pharmaceutical industry.

Increasingly, those facing criminal investigation or prosecution simultaneously face parallel proceedings such as SEC formal investigations or enforcement proceedings, False Claims Act cases or other similar enforcement proceedings. As a result, Mr. Welsh has defended numerous “quasi-criminal” or civil penalty proceedings and routinely addresses the dilemmas attendant to such parallel proceedings.

A theme in Mr. Welsh’s practice is that it is critical to be able to effectively and efficiently litigate all manner of government cases because if one is to effectively negotiate or seek declination of charges one must demonstrate the ability to try a case to verdict. As a result, he has tried many and varied cases to verdict.

In addition, Mr. Welsh has argued before the federal appellate courts on many occasions, including before the United States Supreme Court.

Some current and past litigation experience representing:

• Numerous defendants in Medicare and Medicaid trials.
• The owner of a company in an antitrust case in a criminal trial.
• Numerous defendants in criminal tax cases, including cases involving corporate tax issues.
• Several pharmaceutical companies and numerous employees in a variety of criminal and parallel False Claims Act/Food Drug and Cosmetic Act matters.
• A former executive of an insurance company in an SEC enforcement proceeding.
• A former owner and executive of an insurance company against charges of fraud and racketeering.
• A former executive of a chemical concern charged with violating the Trading with the Enemy Act by engaging in sales to Cuban entities.
• A variety of defendants in connection with RICO charges.
• The chief executive of a generic pharmaceutical company on charges of violating the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.
• Numerous defendants in criminal bank and securities fraud cases.

HONORS & AFFILIATIONS

• Listed, Who's Who Legal of Business Crime Lawyers, published by the ABA Section of International Law and the International Bar Association
• Listed, Chambers and Partners for criminal defense litigation
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Listed, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for White Collar Crime and Government Investigations 2009
• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, White Collar Criminal Defense 2009
• Named "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" by Law and Politics Magazine and Philadelphia Magazine in the area of White Collar Criminal Defense 2004 - 2009
• Member:
• Hearing Committee, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
  National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Pennsylvania Association Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Philadelphia Bar Association

GOVERNMENT SERVICE

• Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1980-1986; Chief of Major Crimes Section, 1984-1986
• Law Clerk, Louis C. Bechtle, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1978-1980